iTunes Link goes to iTunes app, not App Store

General (non-technical) Marketing and Monetization
#1

I’m trying to put in a URL that I obtained from the iTunes Link Maker (http://itunes.apple.com/linkmaker/) so that the user of the app can easily link to all my available apps on the App Store. It even says so on the site.

It works great on the desktop, as it opens iTunes, but on the device, it ends up opening the iTunes app for media, and not the App Store.

This is not soliciting, but this is the link that iTunes gave me for me:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/raphael-salgado/id284836134?uo=4

Anyone have a different URL to use, or does it only support going to a specific app? [import]uid: 6084 topic_id: 6369 reply_id: 306369[/import]

#2

Well, it looks like I answered my own question with a little bit of research. For some reason, the answer wasn’t made so obvious by Apple.

Anyhoo, my proper URL would be:

http://itunes.com/apps/raphaelsalgado

Supposedly, this causes a multiple redirect (opens Safari and/or iTunes, then opens App Store) on the device, so someone else suggested:

itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/raphaelsalgado

and it works! Note that Corona Simulator cannot open the second link, so you can go with the first one until you’re ready to build for the device, or make a conditional statement in your code to choose the right one. [import]uid: 6084 topic_id: 6369 reply_id: 22003[/import]

#3

useful tip, thanks [import]uid: 12108 topic_id: 6369 reply_id: 22011[/import]

#4

How did you even get the first link to work??

i try with
native.showWebPopup( 0, 90, 768, 934,
“itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/raphaelsalgado”)
and also
native.showWebPopup( 0, 90, 768, 934,
“http://itunes.com/apps/raphaelsalgado”)
both just give me a black screen.

thx
chris
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#5

I tried too and the link system did not work.
Can any show me the full-code?
I used showWebPopup api.
Do I use the right api? [import]uid: 65906 topic_id: 6369 reply_id: 78290[/import]

#6

I believe this should work;

[lua]system.openURL(“itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/yourname”)[/lua]

Don’t use a popup, just use that one line with your name.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 6369 reply_id: 78295[/import]

#7

I tried as peach said.
I got [item Not Found] for many times and
now it works.

I am sure that spelling were not wrong.
curious but anyway… case closed

thanks
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#8

We’re trying to link to our Developer Page as well from our Corona app unfortunately all attempts to link to our page has failed. We’ve tried:

itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/smarterapps

As well as:

itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/smarter-apps

These links also fail with http:// as well on the desktop. The closest we got was this link working on iPad, but not on iPhone:
http://itunes.apple.com/artist/smarter-apps/id486609592

Does anyone have any ideas? [import]uid: 104257 topic_id: 6369 reply_id: 97989[/import]

#9

Use:

itms://itunes.com/apps/smarter-apps

That works for me to go straight to the app store dev page but I still have one redirect. I know it’s possible to go there with no redirects.

Does anyone know how? [import]uid: 93150 topic_id: 6369 reply_id: 105529[/import]